P_1010025 Red seaweed (Chondria macrocarpa) densly pinnate club-like branches, dull purple-brown, sometims looking black. Low intertidal to upper subtidal, on rock on open coasts. All Day Bay, Kakanui
P_4090142 Red seaweed (Vidalia colensoi) fronds with their distinctive zigzag margins, exposed at low tide. Often growing in bushy or tangled clumps, in shallow pools to depths greater than 20m, on rock on open coasts. Goat Island Marine Reserve, Leigh *
P_4090131 Red seaweed (Vidalia colensoi) detail of fronds with distinctive zigzag margins underwater. Often growing in bushy or tangled clumps, in shallow pools to depths greater than 20m, on rock on open coasts. Goat Island Marine Reserve, Leigh *